state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
例句
用作名词 (n.)
There is a small stream which is utopia and dystopia novels in the western literature history. 在西方文学的长河中，有一条绵延的涓涓细流，那就是乌托邦小说与反面乌托邦小说。
Part Two reveals the connotation of the dystopia novels and realizes its concern of the existence of human being according to the close reading the English dystopia novels. 第二部分对英国反面乌托邦小说进行了细读，揭示出反面乌托邦小说的主题意蕴与真正内涵，认识英国反面乌托邦小说对人类生存境遇的忧思。
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